Global Patent Index - EP 1485002 B1

EP 1485002 B1 20070822 - A COVERED KITCHEN UTENSIL AND A COVERING FOR A KITCHEN UTENSIL

Title (en)

A COVERED KITCHEN UTENSIL AND A COVERING FOR A KITCHEN UTENSIL

Title (de)

UMHÜLLTES KÜCHENGERÄT UND UMHÜLLUNG FÜR EIN KÜCHENGERÄT

Title (fr)

USTENSILE DE CUISINE GAINE ET SON GAINAGE

Publication

EP 1485002 B1 20070822 (EN)

Application

EP 02779053 A 20021112

Priority

  • CA 0201739 W 20021112
  • US 36309102 P 20020312

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO03075728A1] The present invention relates to a kitchen utensil such as a whisk (10) having a handle and at least one elongate member (18) attached to the handle for contacting at least one of a food and a food preparation surface. The at least one elongate member has a cross-sectional profile that is non-round. Preferably, the elongate member comprises a central core and a resilient covering having a non-round peripheral cross-sectional shape at least one of V, flower, star, square and cog shapes. The elongate member may be shaped to conform to the internal profile of a vessel. Such kitchen utensils provide improved whisking, mixing, beating and scraping action.

IPC 8 full level

A47J 43/10 (2006.01); A47J 43/28 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A47J 43/1093 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 03075728 A1 20030918; AT E370694 T1 20070915; AU 2002342453 A1 20030922; CN 100350867 C 20071128; CN 1622781 A 20050601; DE 60222025 D1 20071004; DE 60222025 T2 20080424; EP 1485002 A1 20041215; EP 1485002 B1 20070822; ES 2292821 T3 20080316; HK 1074154 A1 20051104; JP 2005519663 A 20050707; JP 4035110 B2 20080116; US 2005083777 A1 20050421

DOCDB simple family (application)

CA 0201739 W 20021112; AT 02779053 T 20021112; AU 2002342453 A 20021112; CN 02828533 A 20021112; DE 60222025 T 20021112; EP 02779053 A 20021112; ES 02779053 T 20021112; HK 05106712 A 20050804; JP 2003574010 A 20021112; US 93730304 A 20040910